Praetorian Griffon

Another part of June's build, the Griffon artillery. This is the first of my Harness pattern vehicles, another one is in development.

I decided to use the FW thudd gun rather than a traditional single shot mortar. Just preferred the look and when the gun shield fitted the gap in my vehicle I new it was destiny!

I tried to get a more WW2 feel for these, I think they look slightly Wespe with the open tracks and big metal guard.

Praetorian Griffon

I started the basilisk a good few months ago, but never really settled on the weapon itself. Finally decided to combine the chassis with a forgeworld thudd gun I bought from Warhammer World on my trip there last year.

The combination is designed to represent a griffon mortar, I think the visual works quite well, nice balance. The armour plate just happened to fit the gap nicely too. I've been working on a loader for this, but I'll probably paint it up as it stands and add him later.

Noticed after taking the photo one of the handles from the drivers hatch has gone awol, will replace that before priming.

Planning a medusa on the same template, using a rather cool plumbing joint I picked up at B&Q.